Feeding Directions

Young Animals: Feed Essentials - Chinchilla Food free-choice to chinchillas younger than one year of age. Supplement daily with a combination of free-choice grass hay and alfalfa.

Adult Animals: Chinchillas older than one year of age should be fed 1/8 - 1/4 cup Essentials - Chinchilla Food and free-choice grass hay. Alfalfa hay should only be fed as an occasional treat.

Essentials - Chinchilla Food, an alfalfa-based pellet, is specifically designed to meet the unique nutritional needs of the pet chinchilla. Chinchillas are strict herbivores and a diet high in fiber is essential to maintaining a healthy digestive system. Essentials - Chinchilla Food uses farm-fresh alfalfa hay to provide the fiber content necessary to maintain intestinal health and prevent digestive upset.

“My chinchillas LOVE all the Oxbow products! Once the pet store ran out of the Oxbow Timothy hay and I had to buy a different brand and they wouldn't eat it. My chins LOVE the pellets too. I really think it's great that you take such care in your products to make it so healthy and fresh. I LOVE my chinchillas and want them to live a very long time. It is good to know I am giving them the healthiest hay and food available.”Michelle from New Jersey

“Our chinchillas LOVE Essentials - Chinchilla. It also has a wonderful smell. We think it's a hit!”Sandy Sten

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I adopted a chinchilla from someone about a month ago. The chinchilla had been kept on a food filled with nuts, pellets, and various assorted 'junk foods' with lots of artificial color and sugar. I was very concerned that the chinchilla might not eat Oxbow pellets after living on such a sugary diet for 2 years, but it turns out that she loves her Oxbow pellets! I had no trouble switching her cold turkey (which I normally wouldn't advise, but her old food was simply unhealthy). In the mean time she has come down to a proper weight, her stools look firmer and better developed, and I think her coat looks better, too.

All 6 of my chinchillas devour the hay& the pellets. It's an expencive product but you get what you buy, kaytee my chins won't even touch just throw! Wish there was a bigger bag to buy in bulk for cheaper or at least a coupon Once in a while. I go threw bags so fast it's insane. All in all 5 out of 5 love this product

Murdock, NE, March 16, 2015--Oxbow Animal Health has unveiled a new company logo and new packaging for its complete line of premium hays. The new packaging, first revealed at the Global Pet Expo in Orlando, Florida in early March, will begin entering the market mid-year.

Murdock, NE, March 6, 2015--Oxbow Animal Health has announced the hiring of Mikki Nienhueser as Education Coordinator. In this position, Mikki will work to develop programs and curriculum for all facets of Oxbow’s Junior and Intermediate Vet Camps, as well as develop and implement training programs for camp counselors.